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  Could the goal of using 100 percent renewable energy a realistic and achievable goal? A good example of this is in Greensburg, KS. After a massive tornado leveled the town, they set out and rebuild it as one of the world’s greenest communities. But Greensburg isn’t the only one.   Currently there are 42 […]

  The Renewable Energy Management Bureau is looking at the possible implementation of solar panels to about 10,000 schools across the country. The installations of at least 100-kilowatt solar panels will be installed at private universities and colleges.   While the process of implementing this plan is still under conceptualization, this is a huge step […]

  A study for the Grater Lafayette Public Transportation Corp. found that the bus system could reduce its cost and emit significantly fewer pollutants by converting its fleets to natural gas.   Purdue University energy economist Wally Tyner reports that the approach of fueling buses with compressed natural gas, or CNG, could apply to similar […]

  Last September, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made a market-shaping decision to increase the state’s reliance on private capital for energy efficiency financing. The CPUC allocated $65.9 million for a suite of financing pilot programs for the state’s investor-owned utilities.   The new suite of programs be offered by all of the state’s […]

A new report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy ranks America’s 34 largest cities on what they are doing to save energy and costs in five key areas.   The 2013 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard found that the top cities are Boston, Portland, and New York and San Francisco tied at third. The report […]

For the first time ever, solar growth is expected to outpace new wind capacity. An analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that 36.7 GW in new solar PV capacity will be added this year, compared with 35.5 GW in new wind installations.   BNEF said there will is a slowdown in wind production, especially […]

  In 2012, renewable energy – largely wind and solar – accounted for nearly 50 percent of all new electric generation put on the U.S. grid, found a new Ernst & Young report. About 13.1 gigawatts of wind were added to the grid last year, as well as 3.3 gigawatts of photovoltaics (PV).   Michael […]

  A new high-performance LED driver has been developed by researchers from the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering. The driver will provide brighter, more energy-efficient LED light bulbs.   How does it do it? The driver provides power to the light bulbs via a “multi-level PWM” or pulse-width modulation. This innovative approach has showed […]

  A new market analysis by SEIA and GTM Research shows that America’s solar industry is currently on pace to achieve a record-shattering year.   The analysis showed that the U.S. market installed 832 megawatts of new PV systems in the second quarter of 2013 – a 15 percent increase over the first three months […]